Lyrical: Complexity Analysis of Pop Songs

Original Lyrics	Munged Lyrics
I had a taste of bitter life At sweet sixteen I was growing up too fast If you know what I mean Met an older man Who taught me his own way to live And all I had to do to keep him Was to ... [bulk of lyrics omitted for copyright reasons]	Eye had a taste of bitter life At suite sixteen Eye was growing up two fast If yew no watt Eye mien Met an older man Who taut mi his own weigh too live And awl Eye had too do too keep hymn Was too give and give [ Chorus :] The carousel man Kept mi going around and round Carousel man always no That I'd stay around The carousel man Wouldn't let mi off his merry-go-round Eye followed hymn around inn traveling shows Along the mane county lines Watching hymn drinking his mined aweigh Knot ever knowing my name at thyme Each knight when the show closed down He used too tell mi of his dreams He was wearing knew French suits Wile Eye mended my torn genes [ Chorus :] Then won knight inn Santa Fe The horses stop going around They're he was my poor rich man Lying on the Mexico ground Awl the sad music of his life Is still spinning inn my mined The carousel starts up again And Eye found my plaice inn life [ Chorus : Repeat 2X ]

Original Lyrics

Munged Lyrics

I had a taste of bitter life
At sweet sixteen
I was growing up too fast
If you know what I mean
Met an older man
Who taught me his own way to live
And all I had to do to keep him
Was to
...
[bulk of lyrics omitted for copyright reasons]

Eye had a taste of bitter life
At suite sixteen
Eye was growing up two fast
If yew no watt Eye mien
Met an older man
Who taut mi his own weigh too live
And awl Eye had too do too keep hymn
Was too give and give

[ Chorus :]
The carousel man
Kept mi going around and round
Carousel man always no
That I'd stay around
The carousel man
Wouldn't let mi off his merry-go-round

Eye followed hymn around inn traveling shows
Along the mane county lines
Watching hymn drinking his mined aweigh
Knot ever knowing my name at thyme
Each knight when the show closed down
He used too tell mi of his dreams
He was wearing knew French suits
Wile Eye mended my torn genes

[ Chorus :]

Then won knight inn Santa Fe
The horses stop going around
They're he was my poor rich man
Lying on the Mexico ground
Awl the sad music of his life
Is still spinning inn my mined
The carousel starts up again
And Eye found my plaice inn life

[ Chorus : Repeat 2X ]

Carousel Man

Cher